The faction of the Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers State, led by Edwin Woko, has criticized the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Abdullahi Ganduje, following his recent comments about the APC’s goal of winning the Rivers State governorship election in 2027.
During the inauguration of the Tony Okocha-led APC state executive in Port Harcourt on Saturday, Ganduje declared that securing the Rivers State Government House in 2027 was a key priority for his party.
In response, Woko, in an interview with Daily Post, asserted that Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s bid for a second term will face no obstacles and that the people of Rivers State will ensure his victory in the upcoming election.
Woko emphasized that there is no vacancy in 2027 and claimed that the people had already rejected the APC and its policies.
Woko further stated that the people of Rivers State would not tolerate any attempts at manipulation during the 2027 election. He stressed that the state would not allow faceless security agents to interfere with the voting process and rob citizens of their votes.
He reaffirmed that the people of Rivers State are committed to ensuring Governor Fubara’s second-term bid, adding that despite challenges and internal disunity within the PDP, the party’s candidate will remain steadfast. Woko also criticized individuals he described as “political polyandrist” infiltrating the PDP, stating that they would soon be a thing of the past.
Woko warned that the type of election manipulation seen during the last Edo State gubernatorial election would not be allowed in Rivers, emphasizing that elections should be decided through legitimate voting, not through fraudulent means or the involvement of faceless security agents.
“He stated: “The good people of Rivers State would leave no stone unturned to ensure that Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s second term bid will be unhindered.
“The people of Rivers State had rejected APC and the people of the state will continue to reject APC and her unfriendly policies to the people.
“Governor Fubara will still contest the 2027 election on the platform of PDP despite all the challenges and disunity being inflicted on PDP by some political polyandrist that have infiltrated our great party PDP and which we are convinced that so soon thereafter all these APC polyandrous agents will become a thing of the past.
“The rape of democracy that took place during the last gubernatorial election in Edo State cannot be replicated in Rivers State, because election must be done by voting and not by capturing or rob people of their hard-earned votes through the help of faceless security agents or any other form of manipulation Ganduje’s APC may apply.”
